Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Abuja, Nigeria
60,491
recorded capacity
recorded as football
1 block = 1,000 places
Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja is the largest and 2nd-newest (opened 2003) of the 13 listed stadiums in Nigeria. Its capacity equals 18.9% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Nigeria.
The nearest listed stadium is Ahmadu Bello Stadium, 162 km away.
- Listed for
- Athletics and football
- Tenants
- Nigeria national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 9.04° N, 7.45° E
Where it stands in Nigeria
- Moshood Abiola National Stadium60,491
- National Stadium, Lagos5,491 fewer55,000
- Godswill Akpabio International Stadium30,491 fewer30,000
- Obafemi Awolowo Stadium35,491 fewer25,000
- 9 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 2000
- Recorded construction cost
- $360 million
- Record attendance
- 60,000 (2008)
- Compared with the median in Nigeria
- 3.1 times the median capacity of 19,500 across its 13 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2000s in Nigeria
- 1 of the 13 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Stade des Martyrs, 1,723 km
Nearest listed stadiums
- Ahmadu Bello Stadium · north16,000 places, opened 1965162.5 km
- Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium · south22,000 places, opened 1959288.4 km
- Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium · north-east15,000 places, opened 1985297.5 km
- Sani Abacha Stadium · north16,000 places, opened 1998349.7 km
- Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium · south-west19,500 places, opened 1985362.9 km
Source: Wikipedia, Moshood Abiola National Stadium.